英语听书《海底两万里》第363期 第23章 珊瑚王国(61)

 At six o'clock, sometimes afloat and sometimes submerged, the Nautilus passed well out from El Tur, which sat at the far end of a bay whose waters seemed to be dyed red, as Captain Nemo had already mentioned.  六点，诺第留斯号有时浮上来，有时沉下去，从多尔湾的海面上经过。多尔位于海湾里面，湾中海水呈红色，这点尼摩船长在前面已经加以说明了。

Then night fell in the midst of a heavy silence occasionally broken by the calls of pelicans¹ and nocturnal birds, by the sound of surf chafing² against rocks, or by the distant moan of a steamer churning the waves of the gulf³ with noisy blades. 一会儿，黑夜来临，在沉重的静默中间，有时有塘鸡和一种夜鸟的叫声，怒潮打在岩石上的声响，或一只汽船的响亮水门搅打湾中海水所发生的远远的声音，把寂寞冲破了。

From eight to nine o'clock, the Nautilus stayed a few meters beneath the waters. According to my calculations, we had to be quite close to Suez.  八点到九点，诺第留斯号在水深儿米的地方行驶。

Through the panels in the lounge, I spotted⁴ rocky bottoms brightly lit by our electric rays. It seemed to me that the strait was getting narrower and narrower. 照我的计算，我们应当很接近苏伊士了。从客厅里的嵌板看。我望见了受我的电光清楚照出的水底岩石。我觉得海峡是愈来愈窄了。

At 9:15 when our boat returned to the surface, I climbed onto the platform.  九点一刻，船又浮出水面，我到平台上来。

I was quite impatient to clear Captain Nemo's tunnel, couldn't sit still, and wanted to breathe the fresh night air. 心中急急想穿过尼摩船长的海底地道，我不能安静等待，我要上来呼吸夜间的新鲜空气。

Soon, in the shadows, I spotted a pale signal light glimmering⁵ a mile away, half discolored by mist. 不久，在黑暗中，我望见一些黯淡火光，被蒙雾弄得模糊了，火在距我们一海里远的地方亮着。

A floating lighthouse, said someone next to me. 一座浮在水上的灯塔。有人在我身旁说。

I turned and discovered the captain. 我回过头来，我看见是船长。

That's the floating signal light of Suez, he went on. It won't be long before we reach the entrance to the tunnel. 那是苏伊士的浮在水上的灯火，他又说，我们不久就要走人地道口了。

It can't be very easy to enter it. 进口不容易吗？

No, sir. Accordingly, I'm in the habit of staying in the pilothouse and directing maneuvers⁶ myself.  不容易，先生。因此，我照例是亲自到领航人的笼间中，守在那里，指挥航行。

And now if you'll kindly⁷ go below, Professor Aronnax, the Nautilus is about to sink beneath the waves, and it will only return to the surface after we've cleared the Arabian Tunnel. 阿龙纳斯先生，您请下来，诺第留斯号现在要潜入水中了，到通过了阿拉伯海底地道后，它才浮上来。

I followed Captain Nemo. The hatch closed, the ballast tanks filled with water, and the submersible sank some ten meters down. 我跟着尼摩船长下来。嵌板关闭了，储水池装满了水，船潜入水底十来米深左右。

Just as I was about to repair to my stateroom, the captain stopped me. 当我要回房中去的时候，船长留住我。

1 pelicans   

n.鹈鹕( pelican的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Kurt watched the Pelicans fire their jets and scorch the grass. 库尔特看着鹈鹕运兵船点火，它们的喷焰把草烧焦。 来自互联网
• The Pelican Feeding Officers present an educational talk while feeding the pelicans. 那个正在喂鹈鹕的工作人员会边喂鹈鹕边给它上一节教育课。 来自互联网

2 chafing   

n.皮肤发炎v.擦热（尤指皮肤）( chafe的现在分词 )；擦痛；发怒；惹怒

参考例句：

• My shorts were chafing my thighs. 我的短裤把大腿磨得生疼。 来自辞典例句
• We made coffee in a chafing dish. 我们用暖锅烧咖啡。 来自辞典例句

3 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

4 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

5 glimmering   

n.微光，隐约的一瞥adj.薄弱地发光的v.发闪光，发微光( glimmer的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• I got some glimmering of what he was driving at. 他这么说是什么意思，我有点明白了。 来自辞典例句
• Now that darkness was falling, only their silhouettes were outlined against the faintly glimmering sky. 这时节两山只剩余一抹深黑，赖天空微明为画出一个轮廓。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译

6 maneuvers   

n.策略，谋略，花招( maneuver的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He suspected at once that she had been spying upon his maneuvers. 他立刻猜想到，她已经侦察到他的行动。 来自辞典例句
• Maneuvers in Guizhou occupied the Reds for four months. 贵州境内的作战占了红军四个月的时间。 来自辞典例句

7 kindly   

adj.和蔼的，温和的，爽快的；adv.温和地，亲切地

参考例句：

• Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
• A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。